Title

Purple sandpiper

Caption

Purple sandpiper (Calidris maritima) in breeding plumage foraging along stream on the arctic tundra in summer, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, Europe

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/alimdi/Arterra

Reference

BRK23C00_262

Model release

No

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

71,6Mb (2,1Mb) / 20,4in x 13,6in / 6128 x 4085 (300dpi)

Keywords

1 animal Arctic Calidris Calidris maritima Charadriiformes Coastal scene Europe Europe's Jan Mayen No People North Europe Northern Europe Norway Partial View Portrait shot Purple Sandpiper Purple Sandpipers Sandpiper Sandpipers Scandinavian Scolopacidae Spitsbergen Spitsbergen Island Svalbard Svalbard Archipelago Svalbard and Jan Mayen Typical wader Typical waders Vest Spitsbergen alternate plumage animal behavior animal behaviour animal portrait animal portraits archipelago beach beaches beachfront behavior behaviour body of water breeding breeding area breeding dress breeding ground breeding grounds breeding place breeding plumage breeding season breeding site breeding time breedings brook coast coastal coastal area coastal areas coastal landscape coastal region coastline coastlines coasts countryside creek creeks cropped deserted direct look eat empty eye contact face to face facing facing camera facing each other feed feeding forage foraging foraging for food gazes group of islands groups of islands head head portrait head shot head shots heads hunting food in the water in water ingestion island island group islands landscape landscape photo landscape shot landscapes lilac little River look look at looking at camera looking at the camera looking for food looking out looks looks at the camera looks in the camera looks into looks into the camera mating behavior mating behaviour mating period mating plumage mating season mating time nature nest nesting nesting place nesting site nesting sites no one nobody nordic nuptial plumage observe on water one animal portrait portrait of an animal portrait photo portraits purple river rivers rutting season scenery search for food searching for food shore shoreline small river social behavior social behaviour social behaviours stream summer summery tundra uninhabited view view over violet wade wading watching Norwegian Scandinavia animal feed animal feeds fodder food polar circle polar circles polar region polar regions shorebird wader wading bird wading birds water waters